Additive manufacturing lets you manufacture prototypes and small batches from digital files. While having an in-house desktop 3D printer puts prototyping in your hands, many businesses use specialised 3D prototyping printing services like ours to access more technologies and scale up capacity on the fly. Relying on external specialists for 3D
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UltiMaker is a pioneer in bringing 3D printing technology into manufacturing workflows with its range of high-performance, industrial-grade 3D printers and user-friendly software and materials. A critical application is prototyping – companies use UltiMaker 3D printers to quickly create design concepts and test models before investing in traditional production tooling.
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3D printers can stop working from something as simple as a clogged nozzle to complex failures of optics, motors, and heating elements. The good news is that most 3D printers are built for maintenance, so they have replaceable parts; the real challenge is figuring out what’s gone wrong so you
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If you want to step up your hobbyist 3D printing or start a small business producing custom 3D printed items like phone cases or gaming accessories, a Bambu Lab 3D printer is the perfect machine for the job. The beauty of a Bambu Lab printer is it can be active
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Additive-X is heading back to Southern Manufacturing & Electronics for 2024! We would love you to come and visit us on our stand E185. We will be bringing a range of our 3D printers and printed parts. The staff on the stand will be happy to discuss any queries you
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Reducing 3D printing costs requires looking past the sticker prices for equipment and materials. Other factors add up, too. Manual labour for software prep and part finishing after builds, that’s money and hours. Excessive energy use ticks the electricity bill up, and failed print jobs mean wasted materials and time,
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The world of movie prosthetics and special effects makeup has traditionally turned to techniques like sculpting, moulding, and casting to bring fantastical creatures and gruesome injuries to life. However, over the past decade, 3D printing has stormed the industry to become a dominant digital fabrication technique. 3D printing is used
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Markforged’s Continuous Fibre Reinforcement is a revolution for FFF manufacturing, allowing long-strand composite fibres to be embedded along the load paths for maximum strength approaching metal levels of performance. How close does it get? Markforged CFR with carbon fibre produces components boasting a strength-to-weight ratio 50% better than 6061 aluminium. Printing advanced composites
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Selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing has rapidly emerged as a go-to solution for fabricating durable, industrial-quality parts. However, as adoption expands across industries, post-processing solutions have failed to advance simultaneously. Affordable options require extensive manual labour, and automated systems carry exorbitant price tags, often over £100,000. Formlabs are going all-out
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For over 50 years, CNC machining has dominated high-precision manufacturing with its lightning-fast metal cutting and microscopic accuracy. It’s been the undisputed champ for industries like aerospace that demand the utmost quality. But in the last few decades, 3D printing has stepped up. At first, 3D printers struggled to match
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